Chapter 139: Nacai

The universe is invincible, gentle, beautiful, virtuous and generous, and the eldest grandson, the queen mother, couldn't stay idle after receiving Li Shimin's good news. A decree was issued, and the whole Chang'an fell into madness. The content of Yi's decree is very simple: Princess Anping has reached the age of Xuan, and she is married to the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and she will get married on an auspicious day!

As the daughter-in-law of the first housekeeper of the Wenfu, Li Jian immediately kicked Wen Erbaiyi away after receiving the edict, and the self-appointed first housekeeper of the Wenfu took over all the work of the Wenfu. At the sound of an order, all the subordinates of the Wen Mansion gathered in the front yard. The momentum is full, but the scene is very unsettling, the whole Wenfu is only 1 cook, 1 driver, 3 cleaners and part-time laundry, 3 kittens, 4 pastoral dogs... Well, there is 1 tiger... The driver is still her husband!

Looking at the 5 people who were so frightened that they cowered, the sword was hurt for a while, this is the mansion of the dignified prime minister! There are 4 people who are serious, and they usually don't feel anything, but when they encounter something serious, they find that they are so shabby! The sword gritted his teeth and stomped his foot, and made a determined look at the literature and art who was basking in the sun next to him. Although Wenyi didn't know what she was going to do, in view of the fact that she was a native of the Tang Dynasty and a native of the Tang Dynasty, Wenyi replied to her a "let it go!" I'm sticking with you! Looks.

After receiving the message, the sword raised his spirit again and gave an order: "Wen Erba, you go to the Changsun Mansion to borrow 100 diligent servants. Then let Sanwu go to the house to borrow 50 people, and let Mulan go to Commander Li's house to borrow 20 maids. It's not convenient for the young master to be alone, why don't you invite the third master of Crooked Willow Village and Uncle Bolt's family to be lively? ”

Wenyi agreed: "Good idea! I was taken care of by them as soon as I left school, and it is also appropriate to ask them to be my elders. ”

Li Jian commanded again: "Li Niangzi, you go to the East Market and the West Market to invite several of the most famous chefs in Chang'an, and buy all the ingredients needed for the banquet." ”

Mrs. Li asked weakly: "There are a total of 6 famous chefs in Chang'an, all of whom are top chefs, and it is not easy to invite them. ”

Li Jianfeng's eyes glared: "I want to see who dares not to give us face!" It's a big deal, you ride the flowers! I don't believe they dare to come! ”

Li Niangzi is timid by nature, every time she sees Huahua, she is too scared to move, let alone let her ride Huahua shopping, and she is busy patting her chest to ensure that she will complete the task! At the end, he asked in a low voice, "How many ingredients do you have to prepare?" ”

Li Jian thought for a while and said, "Let's buy all the chickens, ducks, sheep, and pigs in the East Market first." We are going to marry the princess, we can't be stingy, why do we have to set up a nine-day flowing water banquet. ”

Wenyi was so frightened that he jumped up from the recliner: "Nine days? You're a loser! ”

Li Jian didn't care and said: "Young master, we are marrying Your Majesty, and we must not be stingy." Besides, you've got enough money to move to the base, do you care? ”

Only then did Wenyi realize that he was already a rich man, and he was super rich, no longer the kind of turtle that was beautiful with 100 yuan in his pocket in his previous life! Then he said domineeringly: "Okay, everything is up to you!" ”

Li Jian was very satisfied with Wenyi's attitude, and pointed to the remaining three people and said, "The three of you go shopping with me on the street, and each of you will go to pull an ox cart." After the three of them were ordered to go to the cattle cart, Li Jian muttered in a low voice: "Eh, Chang'an Road is too small to even get a truck through, otherwise a truck can do it!" ”

Wenyi's relieved little heart instantly hurt again, how much does it cost for the truck to pull supplies! Wen Erba, this mother-in-law is a loser than me! In the future, when Shu'er passes the door, she must not be allowed to be a housekeeper again!

As the saying goes, good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. But this also depends on whose good thing it is, in the hearts of the people, this is a good thing for the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. But in the eyes of the other group, this is the good thing for people of faith! Since Li Shimin ascended the throne, it has been rumored that the person who established the rivers and lakes and founded the Wulin League is Bai Xiaosheng of the rivers and lakes, and his true identity is His Majesty Li Shimin! And the real person behind the scenes is the first prime minister of literature and art! Now it is rumored that the literary wedding is imminent, how can a hero who claims to be a hero not come to congratulate him?

With the tacit approval and secret encouragement of the leader of the martial arts alliance, all the heroes in the world suddenly moved. For example, the well-known "Seven Swords of the Tianshan Mountains" took more than a month to pick a few snow lotuses on the top of the Tianshan Mountains, put them on the best sacks and go to Chang'an... The Huashan faction was the earliest sect to be established, and it has developed rapidly due to its geographical advantages, and has become one of the most famous and upright sects in the rivers and lakes. After receiving the news, Qu Qi, the head of the sect, poured all the money in the faction to buy a red coral plant of one foot three feet and four inches from an acquaintance, and he was so happy that he didn't close his eyes for three days and three nights, for fear that such a treasure would be accidentally stolen by gangsters! Summoned the 18 masters under the door to strictly guard all the way to Chang'an... Shaolin, the first sect in the rivers and lakes, the sect that was blown to the sky by storytellers from all walks of life is not exempt from vulgarity, the abbot of mercy and grace took out three relics in a precious place, and reluctantly looked at them for a long time before gritting his teeth and carefully putting them into the red sandalwood box with 16 Shaolin monks down the mountain.

It can be said that the upcoming marriage of literature and art has shocked everyone in the Tang Dynasty! The major families are actively preparing congratulatory gifts, various officials are actively preparing congratulatory gifts, famous and decent families are actively preparing congratulatory gifts, Jianghu heroes are actively preparing congratulatory gifts, and the people of Chang'an are also actively preparing congratulatory gifts! Even Qu Rufeng, who claims to be the number one thief in the world, claims to go to Penglai to steal the elixir for Wen Xiang as a congratulatory gift!

The sword swept the east and west cities five times, and even expressed to the outside world: Lao Tzu wants to hold a wedding at the level of a century feast! The vendors in Chang'an counted the new banknotes that had just arrived, and at the same time they were thinking about waiting for the wedding of the prime minister to see it!

The earliest record of the wedding system comes from the tribal period, and it is recorded in the "Tongjian Waiji": "In ancient times, there was no difference between men and women, and Taihao began to set up a marriage and take the skin as a gift." "Taihao is Fuxi, and Lipi refers to pairs of deer skins. Fuxi founded the marriage system, which is the oldest marriage system, and Lipi has become one of the necessary dowries for ancient weddings, as long as there are conditions, people will prepare a pair of deer skins as a dowry. After the birth of the "Gift of Beauty", the customs of "must tell your parents" and "welcome you in court" appeared in the Xia and Shang periods.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou people's emphasis on etiquette was beyond imagination, and a complete set of etiquette system was perfected, and weddings also played a very important role in it. Because the official wedding ceremony was usually held at dusk, when the sun and moon alternated, and the yin and yang coincided, the "wedding" was called the "evening ceremony". There is a detailed record of the wedding in the "Book of Rites": "Those who mourn will combine the two surnames, go up to the temple, and go down to the future generations...... Therefore, it is said that those who bow are the foundation of etiquette. It can be seen that people attach great importance to weddings. Later, the word "dusk" and the word "female" became "marriage", which also means that people no longer require that the wedding must be completed at dusk.

In the Liturgy, weddings are categorized as Jiali, and Jiali represents closeness to all peoples. There is a complete record of the process of the wedding in the "Rites", which is divided into six links: Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, inviting the date, and welcoming in person, which is the six rites in the "Three Books and Six Rites" in later generations, and the three books refer to the letter of appointment, the letter of ceremony, and the letter of welcome used in the process of the ceremony. This ritual lasted for thousands of years from the Zhou Dynasty onwards, and although cultural customs continued to evolve and develop during this period, absorbing the ideas of many other civilizations, the custom of the "Six Rites" remained until the Tang Dynasty and was almost an essential part of formal weddings in the Tang Dynasty.

Nacai is the first process of Tang Dynasty wedding, also known as "selection", and also the so-called "matchmaker", which belongs to marriage discussion, and the families of both men and women initially discuss marriage. It is recorded in the "Wen Gong Family Rites": "The gift of accepting its choice, and the so-called words in this world." "When marrying in the Tang Dynasty, the man had to ask a matchmaker to propose marriage, express the wishes of both parties, and make sure that the woman was willing to propose marriage, so that he could accept the marriage and start the formal marriage proposal process. At the beginning, live pheasants were used, but pheasants were easy to die, so geese were usually used as a substitute during the Tang Dynasty. The wild goose is a migratory bird, symbolizing the way of yin and yang, and at the same time, the wild goose is loyal, implying that the future husband and wife are equally loyal. In addition to the traditional wild goose, after thousands of years of development, there are more than 30 kinds of "gifts", each of which has its own symbol, including blessed sake, japonica rice for nourishing food, and acacia bells with harmonious timbre, etc., people with conditions will try to prepare these gifts, and people without conditions will at least find a live goose.

The sword took the gift list of the salute and let the literature and art look at it, how can literature and art understand this? Directly below the word "agree" was written, and then thrown to the sword. As a result, the sake, japonica rice, acacia bells, and wild geese in the east and west markets were swept away by the sword!

Aunt Bolt, who was dressed in a gorgeous dress, was carried into the palace by a soft sedan chair, and she came to collect literature and art. After being poor all her life, she put on luxurious silk for the first time, and it was also the first time that she took off the hairpin that Uncle Bolt gave her as a token of love, and replaced it with a golden step made of pure gold. She has never applied rouge gouache, and she has also been painted with beautiful makeup by the sword. The worried aunt of the bolt directly fell on the ground and shouted when she saw the eldest grandson queen for the first time: "Mother-in-law, I came here for Xiaoyi." ”

Suddenly, the women in the hall were laughing and trembling. Empress Eldest Sun glared at a few good sisters in disgust, personally stepped forward to help Aunt Bolt up, and said with a smile: "Are you Aunt Bolt?" I often hear Xiaoyi mention you, and he always says how good your family was to him back then. I'm seeing you today, so let's sit down and have a good talk. ”

If you don't say why the eldest grandson is the most virtuous queen in the history books, you can see that she can have a hot chat with a country woman in the palace, you know that this must be a strange woman with ability!